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Canadian National Railway

Canadian National Railway maintains two main lines which run through Madison County and converge in Jackson, where the railroad has a major terminal switching yard. The lines again diverge from Jackson to run south to New Orleans, Louisiana, and southeast to Mobile, Alabama, via Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

CN also operates an automotive facility in the metropolitan area that serves the four-state area of Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, and Louisiana. Jackson is the headquarters for one of CN’s five divisions, the Gulf Division.

Grenada Railroad

As a short line, the Grenada Railroad with its connections in the Memphis Gateway to nearly every Class I railroad (BNSF, Canadian National, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Corp. and the Union Pacific Railroad) in the nation allows the railroad’s customers to enjoy a multitude of competitive freight routings, rate options and ability to choose their sourcing/deliver points throughout the country. Locating on the Grenada Railway frees industries from being captive to both a single railroad and the points that railroad serves. Across the board, it’s all about competition from sources of raw materials to market access to the cost of the freight.

Madison County is served by I-55, running straight through the middle of the county. I-55 connects Madison County with Memphis, Tennessee; Saint Louis, Missouri; and Chicago to the north and to Baton Rouge, Louisiana to the South, where it connects with Interstate 10 near New Orleans.

Madison County has easy access to I-20, a major east/west interstate artery in the Southern United States. I-20 easily connects Madison County with virtually all the major metropolitan areas in the South. To the east, I-20 provides access to Meridian, Birmingham, Atlanta, Columbia, SC, and terminates in Florence, SC with Interstate 95–the major north-south trade route in the Eastern US. To the west from Jackson, I-20 connects your business or industry with Dallas and El Paso where I-20 terminates with Interstate 10.

Two other US highways, US 49 and US 51, connect Madison County to many destinations in the United States. US 49 terminates south of Madison County at Gulfport on the Gulf of Mexico and travels north to Arkansas. US 51 is a north-south highway that runs for 1,286 miles from northern Wisconsin to the western suburbs of New Orleans.

Madison County has access to some of the most vital ports and waterways in the United States.

Port of Vicksburg

Handles 14 million tons of freight annually

Only rail crossing of the MS River in the state

Designated a Foreign Trade Zone and Port of Entry, and maintains a US Customs Service

Port of Pascagoula

Roads:
1) Pascagoula River Harbor—direct access to US-90; 6.6 miles to I-10 via MS-613
2) Bayou Casotte Harbor—access to US-90 and I-10 via MS-63Rail:
CSX main line, interchanges with Union Pacific and BNSF in New Orleans; MSE, interchanges with CSX and CN 40 miles north at Lucedale

Facilities
Two harbors with public and private terminals: Pascagoula River Harbor Bayou Casotte Harbor